Wurm

While I have been knitting along on my “main” projects, I’ve also had a “commuter” project to work on. That’s not a terribly accurate description of it as I never knit on my commute anymore. So the secondary project is worked on during my lunch break at work, and I usually only get one or two rounds in before I am interrupted, so it has been slow going. But I did finish this:

This hat is “Wurm,” a free pattern by Katharina Nopp. I knit mine in KnitWhits Freia Handpaints Sport Ombre in the Atlantis colorway. This is a lovely handpainted single ply wool that has very gradual color changes. Very fun to knit with.

A little while ago I was contacted by the Lilly Brush company and sent samples of their brush that removes pills, lint, pet hair, etc from sweaters and other handknits made from natural fibers.

The brush comes in 2 colors, red and black.

It is very streamlined and fits nicely into a purse or tote.

I dug out an older fair isle sweater that I had knit and worn a lot — it was covered in tiny pills. I gave it the once-over with the Lilly Brush. Unfortunately, you can’t see the pills in my “before” photo, so the “after” photo here is not extremely compelling.

You’ll have to take my word for it — the brush did a great job!

And the company very kindly sent me two more brushes to give away to my readers. Who’d like one?

Leave a comment on this blog post by noon Eastern time on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 to be entered in the drawing to win one of these nifty little brushes.

Lucy’s Blanket

Just in case you were wondering if Lucy still is enjoying her blanket . . .

Most of what I knit are hats and scarves that go on the sock and mitten tree at church at Christmas time. (It keeps my hands busy without much input from my brain.) That hat would look great on a teenage at a shelter. That is, if it still needs a home.

Hi there Wendy! Well, I often knit things that I thought were for me, but turn out to be perfect for someone else ~ it’s a cute hat anyway! Speaking of hats, throw mine into the ring for a chance at a brush ~ something every knitter needs!

I’m working on Wurm (in, sadly, discontinued Altobish yarn), and I actually love it. How such a simple pattern can yield such interesting results is amazing. I did change the CO number though, it was simply too large with the yarn I was using.Cindy in un-Happy Valley´s last blog post ..The state of ol’ State.

I’d love to win the brush – heaven knows I have lots of pilly projects, so it would be put to good use. By the way, the hat is terrific. A wonderful use of that yarn. If you don’t find a head for it, I bet Tina at KnitWhits would be happy to take it off your hands.
Thanks!

Does the yarn felt? You could full the Wurm, put some buttonholes around the opening for a drawstring (grommeting is so satisfying!) and turn it into a knitting bag. Like, for carrying socks on your wrist or off a belt. Or make an insert filled with rice and turn it into a heating pad (if you nuke the rice).
I made one for my brother, but SIL won’t let him use it because I put lavender in the rice and she is sensitive to the aroma. 🙁

I knit Wurm for my Grand Daughter for Christmas. She is 13 today, I am not sure she liked it. I thought it would work for her because sometimes she walks to or from school in wet weather and must keep her hair and hearing aids dry. I though it would be more slouchy but it is kind of stiff. It is big enough that she can twist her hair up into it and keep it dry though. Her hair needs to stay dry so as not to get her hearing aids wet. Anyway your Wurm is very pretty, that colorway is wonderful. I wish ombre yarn was more available.

That’s exciting about the brush. I just got out one of my favorite sweaters that I am trying to duplicate the size on and had to use my little scissors, very carefully and tediously, over it to try to get some major pilling off. Luckily I didn’t cut any of the actual knitting because I love my sweater, but not the pills. My hand is up for the free brush! Thanks for the offering.

P.S. I just finished knitting your sneaky argyle socks for my daughter – your sock books are my very favorite! Thank you for your excellent designs and doing all of the math for us!

HI Wendy and Lucy,
I have 2 cats, my Sis has 3 cats and a dog…..so we got hair! Lots and lots of hair. I don’t know who, if anyone, has this brush around here, so we’d love to have one! We’ve tried lots of different brushes, tape, whatever and it just doesn’t do a great job. No matter where we go, everyone knows we have pets.

Lucy’s blankie is gorgeous!! I’m going to make my girls new beds, they love to sleep on my bed, too.
…And I love your website, I learn so much and really like seeing all of your projects.

I think the hat needs to be shortened. You can easily do that by sewing the reverse stockinette edges together on the inside. So, turn the hat inside out, connect the purl edges with a thread and you create a more compact “wurm” on the outside. I’m not a big fan of the hemmed edge, and I might be tempted to snip it off. I have made a similar hat from a decades old pattern that has an Icord edge. More of a beret style hat that way. Love the color gradation.

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